IT'S BACK TO THE BEACH WITH WILSON

In the pantheon of great American composers, a few names immediately come to mind.
Irving Berlin. Cole Porter. George Gershwin.

But Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson?
Gershwin’s estate certainly believes Wilson belongs on that list. Last month, the composer’s family enlisted the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer to complete some of Gershwin’s unfinished compositions, song fragments left scattered about after Gershwin’s death in 1937.

November 8, 2009, JOSEPH HUDAK
http://www.timesleader.com/features/It_rsquo_s_back_to_the_beach_with_Wilson_11-08-2009.html

Powerhouse

Year?/ arranged & performed by Carl Stalling

1937 Written by: Raymond Scott



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BRIAN WILSON TO FINISH SOME GEORGE GERSHWIN SONGS

Wilson plans to finish and record at least two songs on an album of Gershwin music that could be released next year.

In a surprise union of two quintessentially American composers from different eras, one the 1960s mastermind of "Good Vibrations," the other the Jazz Age creator of "Rhapsody in Blue," former Beach Boy Brian Wilson has been authorized by the estate of George Gershwin to complete unfinished songs Gershwin left behind when he died in 1937.

8/10/2009 Randy Lewis
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-brian-wilson8-2009oct08,0,2518188.story

+ BRIAN WILSON SIGNS WITH WALT DISNEY RECORDS

http://www.brianwilson.com/news/press.html

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8297635.stm

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